Meanings
- uncountableThe light of dawn.
1 more example
It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of the sandwave at its cresting head was like the approach of a mountain.
1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book III: The Prophet”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 385
Origin
- Englishdawn
- Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
- Proto-West Germanic*leuht
- Old Englishlēoht
- Middle Englishlight
- Englishlight
- Englishdawnlight
Translations
Finnish aamunkoitteen valo
- aamunkoitteen valolight of dawn
German Dämmerung, Morgendämmerung
- Dämmerunglight of dawn
- Morgendämmerunglight of dawn
- Dämmerlichtlight of dawn
- Morgenlichtlight of dawn
- Dämmerscheinlight of dawn
Polish jutrznia
- jutrznialight of dawn
Spanish albor
- alborlight of dawn
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Cite this entry
dawnlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawnlight
“dawnlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawnlight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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